La Liga – Matchday 26

Barcelona win El Clasico, as Real Madrid fall further behind. This and more in our matchday roundup for round 26 in La Liga.

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Results

17.3.2023		Valladolid	1		Athletic Club	3
18.3.2023		Almeria	1		Cadiz	1
18.3.2023		Rayo Vallecano	2		Girona	2
18.3.2023		Espanyol	1		Celta Vigo	3
18.3.2023		Atletico Madrid	3		Valencia	0
19.3.2023		Real Betis	1		Mallorca	0
19.3.2023		Osasuna	0		Villarreal	3
19.3.2023		Real Sociedad	2		Elche	0
19.3.2023		Getafe	2		Sevilla	0
19.3.2023		Barcelona	2		Real Madrid	1

The round kicked off with Valladolid meeting Athletic Club. The match ended 1-3, Valladolid getting 0 points and another loss to their name. In the next match Atletico Madrid was up against Valencia and the final result was 3-0, Atletico walking home with 3 points and solidifying their 3rd spot..
To conclude the matchday, we had El Clasico, Barcelona versus Real Madrid. Even though Barcelona already had a huge advantage over Real Madrid, the Spanish derby is always highly anticipated. Despite Real Madrid opening the scoring thanks to an Araujo own goal, the final score was 2-1, Barcelona securing the 3 points. Sergi Roberto equalized in the 45th minute and Kessie scored in injury time.

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Standings

#		Team	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	Goals	Points
1		Barcelona	26	22	2	2	49 : 9	68
2		Real Madrid	26	17	5	4	51 : 21	56
3		Atletico Madrid	26	15	6	5	42 : 19	51
4		Real Sociedad	26	14	6	6	35 : 24	48
5		Real Betis	26	13	6	7	34 : 26	45
6		Villarreal	26	12	5	9	32 : 24	41
7		Athletic Club	26	10	6	10	36 : 28	36
8		Rayo Vallecano	26	9	9	8	31 : 30	36
9		Osasuna	26	9	7	10	22 : 27	34
10		Celta Vigo	26	9	7	10	32 : 35	34
11		Mallorca	26	9	5	12	22 : 27	32
12		Girona	26	8	7	11	40 : 41	31
13		Getafe	26	7	8	11	27 : 34	29
14		Sevilla	26	7	7	12	29 : 42	28
15		Cadiz	26	6	10	10	21 : 38	28
16		Valladolid	26	8	4	14	20 : 38	28
17		Espanyol	26	6	9	11	32 : 42	27
18		Valencia	26	7	5	14	28 : 31	26
19		Almeria	26	7	5	14	30 : 45	26
20		Elche	26	2	7	17	19 : 51	13

Barcelona are first and with a 12 points lead over their eternal rivals, the championship looks as good as settled. As mentioned, Atletico are 3rd, a further 5 points behind city rivals, Real Madrid. Real Sociedad are 4th, 3 points above Real betis.
Elche are still last and they are all but doomed to get relegated. Almeria and Valencia are 18th and 19th with 26 points each, one less than Espanyol. We also have a trio of teams with one more point(28), as Sevilla, Cadiz and Valladolid are still not out of the woods.

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Team of the Week

Villareal dominate the team of the week, with not less than 4 players included. We have right back Foyth, centre back Pau Torres and attackers Pino and Morales. Barcelona and La Real are also in with 2 players, as we have Munoz, David Silva and the pairing of Busquets and De Jong.